Media kit Michiel Heijmans

Photographer, writer, speaker, and podcast host
with a background in online entrepreneurship

Welcome to Michiel Heijmans' official media kit. On this page, you will find all the necessary information for media, organizers, and partners: from bios and press photos to interviews, podcasts, and publications.

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Michiel Heijmans (1974) is a photographer, writer, and speaker. His work lies at the intersection of portrait photography, street photography, and documentary photography. People are central to his images: raw, honest, at ease, always real. His workshops are known for their depth and personal approach.

In 2025, he appeared as a street photography expert on the RTL 4 program Het Perfecte Plaatje (The Perfect Picture).

Michiel gives workshops in the Netherlands and abroad (including Paris and London), published The Observer and the Straatfotobijbel and the e-book De Wet van de Straat(The Law of the Street), and hosts the photography podcast 30 Minuten Sluitertijd(30 Minutes Shutter Speed).

His experience as former COO of SEO company Yoast enables him to switch seamlessly between content, education, and strategy.

He works independently and on commission, and regularly speaks at events, including for CameraNu and various photography clubs in the Netherlands and Belgium. He also gives photography workshops and lectures for companies and schools.

“Photography is pausing to consider what usually goes unnoticed.”

📍Based in Wijchen, available for assignments in the Netherlands and abroad.

Bookings, interviews, or requests? Please contact us.

  • Date of birth: December 19, 1974

  • Married to Esther Heijmans – van der Gaag, two daughters Puck (2006) and Linde (2009).

  • Location: Nijmegen/Wijchen, Netherlands

  • Languages: Dutch, English

  • Available for: interviews, lectures, panels, podcasts, workshops

Studio / visiting address (by appointment):
Michiel Heijmans Photography
Bijsterhuizen 2414
6604 LL Wijchen
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Publications

  • 📘 Straatfotobijbel
    Textbook published by Photofacts Publishing, 2023

  • 📕 The Observer
    Photography book published by Komma Publishing, 2024

  • 📗 Wet van de Straat
    E-book about the legal aspects of street photography (together with lawyer Charlotte Meindersma), 2025

  • 📻 30 Minuten Sluitertijd
    Photography podcast, weekly since 2024

  • 🖊️ Focus Magazine
    Columns for Focus Magazine, 2023-2024

  • 🖋️ Photofacts.nl
    Columns for Photofacts, monthly since 2025

Tip: use The Law of the Street as a supplement to articles about (street) photography and privacy.

The Wet van de Straat is available for purchase on the Charlotte Meindersma's website.
The Observer is available in all regular (online) stores and on this website.
The Straatfotobijbel is available in all regular (online) stores and on this website.

A woman wearing a blue dress and a headscarf walks past a large billboard displaying a photograph of four cheerful women in colorful outfits walking in a city. The billboard features the text "The Street Photography Book" and "101 Tips for Spontaneous Street Photography."
A woman is sitting on a subway bench looking at her smartphone. She is wearing a black-and-white patterned dress and carrying a black shoulder bag. The background shows a wall with an advertising billboard. The text on the front of the book is "The Observer" and the author is Michiel Heijmans.

Video

🎥 Street photography in 20 minutes

Video for Photography Community in which Michiel explains what street photography is (Eindhoven, 2024).

🎥 Street photography in an hour and a half

Webinar on street photography for CameraNu (2025).


Michiel Heijmans: frominternet entrepreneur to (street) photographer

Portrait makers (interview)
Michiel Heijmans: A personal quest in photography

The Redshift Effect (interview)
Photography, viewing, and balance with Stijn Vermaat and Michiel Heijmans

Collaborations & media appearances

Michiel has previously worked with, among others:

  • Photofacts (publications & courses)

  • KOMMA Publishing, no ordinary publisher (publications)

  • Focus Magazine (columns)

  • Charlotte's Law (legal e-book)

  • Fotolab Kiekie, Kiekie Tabloid (publication)

  • Hilversum Museum (lecture and workshop)

  • Zoom.nl (publications)

  • Omroep Gelderland, Focus op Gelderland program (candidate coaching)

  • Various schools, photography clubs, and festivals in the Netherlands and Belgium

In June 2025, Michiel was a guest street photography expert on the popular RTL 4 program Het Perfecte Plaatje (ITV Studios Netherlands).

Contact & bookings

Would you like to interview Michiel, invite him as a speaker, or collaborate on photography, education, or legal topics?
Send a message using the contact form on the right.

Phone: +31 (0)6-26326316 | WhatsApp